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To: paul_philp who wrote (77567)	2/25/2003 7:34:59 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

But the world wants us to do it, Bill (Sorry Paul) : One would not reach/guess that conclusion if one listened to worldwide opinion of the populace not the governments.

To: paul_philp who wrote (77567)	2/25/2003 8:04:01 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Later Pollack was critical of the Bush hawks who don't trust the UN but he never reconciled these two statements. Friedman, and most of the other serious columnists, have the same problem, they know we gotta do it, but they don't wanna. They wish we could find a nuanced, subtle, way to get rid of Dictators.

To: paul_philp who wrote (77567)	2/26/2003 2:02:31 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Later Pollack was critical of the Bush hawks who don't trust the UN but he never reconciled these two statements. I think it's a clash of ideal ideas with realist ideas. Realistically, Pollack knows that the UN is a snakepit of dictatorships venting and patting each other on the back, relieved only by its gross inefficiency, corruption and featherbedding. But ideally, the faith that the UN has just got to work, somehow, someway, is very hard to shake.